“Aggressively ignorant”: how Don Henley helped Randy Newman write one of his best songs
Don Henley was the ultimate LA artist, but he decided Randy Newman was the man to pen a song about the City of Angels. Read ...
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Why Randy Newman Is Least Loved for His Best Work
the songs Randy Newman wrote for hit kid-friendly movies—“You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” from Toy Story; “I Love to See You Smile,” from Parenthood—are surely what he is best known for ...
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The Romantic Randy Newman Lyric From the Mouth of a Drunkard
Thus, the original idea about all the songs pertaining to this one guy was scrapped. But he kept “Marie” in the mix. “Marie” is one of those Randy Newman songs whose meaning remains as ...
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10 things we learned from Randy Newman’s Mastertapes
But he makes it clear that, while being proud of his work, those songs probably wouldn’t make it on to a Randy Newman solo album ... “I got them for, like, not my best work.” ...